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From Lodhi Garden to your dining table: Foraging for food in New Delhi
“Most of the plants dismissed as weeds are edible and we don’t even know it. We walk past them every day ..."
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Seed guardians of Banswara revive traditional varieties
Preserving traditional seeds is intrinsically linked to food security and livelihoods of families of farming communities.
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How development excludes Adivasi peoples
Spaces need to be created for inter-generational learning for young Adivasi peoples, where adults in the community can impart local knowledge
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Making maps to protect fishing villages around Chennai
The fishermen were able to show the maps in the previous management plan as evidence that this was their workplace.
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‘Study needed on millet inclusion under PDS’
Deccan Development Society is moving from food security to nutritional security, and millet farmers will play a key role in this process.
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64-year old finds success through native paddy
"Raghupathi was successful mainly because he worked hard, following the basics of organic farming,"
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Tribals urge parties to ensure food security
"Tribals have an enormous storehouse of knowledge on food gathering, shifting hill cultivation, pastoralism, labour and handicrafts,”
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Two museums in Mandya are saving native paddy grains from extinction
What rice varieties have a low cost of cultivation, no patents, and comparatively lower water consumption levels?
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Organic farming initiative for Idukki district
“This coming together of organic farmers is expected to create a farming reform movement not only in Kerala but across India”